To Fight Radicalism In The UK, Google’s Giving Away Free Ads

by Greg Sterling

A story coming out of the UK today suggested that Google might be preparing to alter search results, triggered by “extremist” queries, and “divert” users to anti-extremist or anti-radical content and sites instead. Fighting extremism is desirable but the notion of altering search content to serve political objectives is a troubling prospect. Fortunately that’s not what’s happening.Read the full article